Investigation-October, 2011Brown Pension Plan Band-Aids Gut WoundThursday, October 27th, 2011 OCT. 27, 2011 By JOHN SEILER Due to the pension crisis, the California state budget is bleeding profusely from a gut wound. Yet in his pension-reform proposal announced today, Gov. Jerry Brown applied a Band-Aid. The 12-point plan does include some worthy components, such as increasing reti... Politics Still Beats Down Police ReformMonday, October 24th, 2011OCT. 24, 2011 By TORI RICHARDS A mentally ill homeless man was beaten into a coma that proved fatal by six Fullerton police officers as he screamed, “Help, dad!” Fresno police repeatedly punched a homeless man in the head while he was face down with his arms behind his back. Three BA... Silencing Local Gov’t Truth-TellerMonday, October 17th, 2011 OCT. 17, 2011 By STEVEN GREENHUT Cities throughout California are facing tough economic times, the result of a down economy and chronic overspending on the part of city governments -- especially in the areas of salaries and retirement benefits for city employees. It's a challenging time in... Windmill-Gate Scandal Storms Into CAThursday, October 13th, 2011 OCT. 13, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Electricity: the peril the wind sings to in the wires on a gray day. -- novelist Janet Frame Windmill-Gate is blowing across the trendy new resource of wind-generated electricity. New new studies look at “cycling”: the ramping up and down of gas power plants... Hard Battle Over Water SoftenersFriday, October 7th, 2011 OCT. 7, 2011 By DAVE ROBERTS The battle over water softeners is boiling over in California. On the one side is the water-softener industry. It's joined by homeowners and businesses whose municipal water suppliers deliver them "hard" water -- which has high concentrations of corrosive minerals... |